I joined a group of photographers, through a meetup, to visit Cloudehill Nursery and Gardens on the weekend. There were around 40 of us in all, and we first listened to Jeremy, the owner of the gardens and then split up in different directions to take photos of the area. I always love visiting this…
Little fairies dancing on my lawn
Actually they were Superb Fairy-wrens (also known as Superior Fairy-wren). A whole family of them darting here and there, and enjoying the sunshine in the crisp cool air, a sunny winter’s morning. Dad was around in his bright blue plumage but I couldn’t get him and two juniors were turning the blue colour too. However,…
Iconic cityscape images of Melbourne
My husband and I had gone away for the weekend and, on returning home through Melbourne, it got me wondering if there was any one iconic cityscape image of Melbourne. I know there are individual images of Melbourne icons, like the Flinders Street Station, for example. But is there an iconic Melbourne cityscape image? I…
Royal Spoonbill
When I was visiting Lysterfield Lake just over a week ago, to view the sunset there, I got a surprise in seeing a Royal Spoonbill there on the shore. I had thought I’d seen one in the distance on the other side of the lake a couple of weeks before, but I couldn’t be sure….
Winter flowers
With winter upon us, the garden was looking drab there for a bit. We had to clear up a lot of dead and wet leaves on the pathways and driveway, but now they’ve been cleared up, the garden is looking more defined, and as we’ve really begun looking at the garden again, we can see…